D&D General The Owlbear Druid: How Would You Do It? (A Poll)

[ECMO3]

There is no particular reason for the owlbear to be a monstrosity rather than a beast any more than there is for the platypus.

According to the Monster Manual Owlbears are a result of magic experiments gone awry. That would be a reason not to be beasts and different from a Platypus which is a natural animal.

Not saying you have to use that fiction in your home campaign, but in terms of the official rules they are not normal animals.

 

[Mad_Jack]

There is no particular reason for the owlbear to be a monstrosity rather than a beast any more than there is for the platypus. In my world they're beasts, (and also the totem animal of our barbarian)

Your barbarian has a platypus totem animal? That's awesome...

On topic, I have no problem with either just rewriting several monster statblocks to make them beasts instead of monstrosities, expanding the moon druid's list of available creatures to include some monstrosities at higher levels, or just using the feat that @CleverNickName posted.